Self Interview Exercise

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I love to write, I love to do exercises, but sometimes the same ones over and over get a little boring and actually hinder my creative flow. One of the sites I stumbled on recently, Toasted Cheese has some fun, not so normal exercises to do. I thought I would start with the “A Self-Interview Guide for the Writer”. Here you have it, a self-interview exercise.

Ribbed for her pleasure – An Interview With Myself

Interviewing Myself

Are you a “real” writer? That would depend on your definition of “real” writer. Am I making millions and have best sellers? No. Do I write every day and enjoy it? Yes. My definition of a “real” writer is one who actually writes.

So what exactly do you write? I write short stories, poems, comic books, satire posts, reviews, and recipes.

Where can I read your work? You can find my works on my website currently. They can also be found un-shown to anyone on my computer, in various notebooks, and my camera bag.

Do you have a day job? Not anymore, I used to.

Have you published anything? I have had a few poems published as well as a few short stories. Nothing on the best sellers list yet.

Don’t you want to be published? Of course, wouldn’t you?

Does your family know you do this? Of course, my family knows I write. They encourage it.

How do you find the time to write? I sit down somewhere, look at my clock and yell “I FOUND IT!”

Where do you write? I can write anywhere. I write lying in bed at night, I write something in the bathroom, I write in the parking lot. Anywhere I can safely find a moment to jot something down, I do.

Are you one of those people I see at Starbucks? If you are referring to the ones that are over caffeinated and pulling their hair out… Then yes… That’s me!

What’s your biggest challenge as a writer? My biggest challenge as a writer is dialogues. Those are not my best points but they are a work in progress.

What is your creative process? I really don’t think I have a creative process as in a ritual type thing. Creativity can hit me at any time; a photograph I just found or taken, a person walking down the street, an idea that pops in my head and pushes me awake at 3 in the am. I write those ideas down to flesh out later.

Do you have a good luck charm? No, I personally do not. I believe ‘luck’ is one’s perception of circumstances going on at the time.

I got this great idea for a novel. Maybe you could—you know—ghostwrite it with me? I am sure your idea is brilliant, but the only person I ghost write for currently is one of my own characters.

Do you write about people you know? Yes, I do write about people I know at times. There are times when I realize a character in one of my stories fits someone close to me or someone who I am upset with at the time of their creation.

Can I be in your story? You already are.

What writers do you read? I read many writers from many eras and genres. Poe, Tolkien, Patterson, George R.R. Martin to name a few.

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